Our Methodology
Our impact methodology is the product of careful research and collaboration. We harnessed insights from justice-impacted individuals as well as existing research and from there selected 7 actionable, measurable indices across two thematic indicator groups to measure a company’s commitment to criminal justice.
These 7 metrics assess a company’s efforts to promote equity and justice within its operations and in the broader community, specifically with respect to fair chance hiring and prison risk mitigation.
Companies profiting from incarceration are taking on outsized reputational risk. By making “prison-risk” a metric that financial professionals can incorporate into their investment decisions, we can reduce the financial incentives that drive the prison industrial complex.
We’re committed to impact-driven data collection.
We collect data affecting or affected by:
the mass incarceration crisis
Does the company actively stand against use of prison labor in their supply chain?
fair chance hiring
Does the company offer fair chance hiring practices?
Has the company shown a commitment to reducing discrimination against workers with criminal records?
the prison industrial complex
Does the company profit from the prison-industrial complex?
Has the company shown a commitment to minimize their involvement in the prison-industrial complex?
“Utilizing economic tools has always been part of the movement for justice. In the past, communities organized boycotts and sit-ins as a pathway for change. Taking ownership over our investments is a new tool to add to our toolkit. FreeCap’s Scorecard is a necessary leap in that direction.”
- Tony McCright, Senior Program Specialist on the Justice Initiatives Team at the National League of Cities. McCright was a Fellow in the Georgetown Pivot and was consulted in the creation of FreeCap’s Scorecard.